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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Crop Circle study

Crop Circle study

First
let me start by saying that I know that some, if not most crop
circles are made by humans, but there remain some formations that have
some unexplainable facts, and one question is how can a big crop circle
be made over nite with just a couple guys with a rope and a plank?

Crop circles - Some Facts -
More
than 10,000 Crop Circle formations (Agriglyphs) have been found or cataloged worldwide. More than 6,000 crop circles have been
investigated and documented since 1980.
Crop circles are usually
not round, but slightly elliptical. In a real crop circle the plant's
shafts/stalks (mostly wheat, but also grass, barley, canola, buckwheat,
linseed, rice paddies, corn, sunflowers, blueberry bushes, trees, etc.)
are bent around an inch above soil (corn stalks are bent a couple of
inches above the soil) and the plants are laid in precise geometric
swirl patterns with little signs of physical damage. There may be light
burn marks at the base of stems, altered cellular structure and soil
chemistry, increased magnetic particle deposits, discrepancies in
background radiation, alteration of the local electromagnetic field,
depletion of the local watershed, along with long-lasting energy
patterns. Some analyzed crop circles have shown higher radiation levels.
Crop circles range in size from a few inches to hundreds of feet across
and have been as large as 200,000 sq. ft.

In real crop
circle formations the stems are not broken but bent at 90° angles about
an inch off the ground, at the plant's first node. The plants are
subjected to a short and intense burst of heat or energy that softens
the stems or stalks allowing them to be folded over onto the ground at a
90° angle. When the stems or stalks reharden into their new position,
the plants and crop are not damaged and continue to grow. This is the
method used to identify a real crop circle formation (agriglyph). The
canola oil plant has a structure like celery. If the stalk is bent more
than about 45°, the stalk will break. When crop circles are found in
canola fields, the stalks are bent 90°. Research and laboratory tests
suggest that microwave or ultrasound may be the only method capable of
producing this effect, but plant biologists are still baffled by this
phenomenon.

Stems

Crop circles are not a modern phenomenon and may have been occurring
for hundreds to thousands of years or longer. They exist in the
centuries-old folklore of South Africa and China, and are in Native
American Indian legends.

The first written account of a crop circle is from August 8, 1590 and is found in "The Natural History of Stafford-Shire",
published in 1686. There are also other references from England's 15th
century that suggest crop circle formations. In John Aubrey's "Natural History",
a 1633 school teacher seen green circles made by the spirits in the
grass. Another early historical record of a crop circle from 1678, is
the "Mowing Devil" case, where a farmer's field was believed to have
been visited by a devilish entity that trampled the crops down in a
circle. There is a wood engraving of this event. In 1686, a book
entitled "A Natural History of Staffordshire", made reference to rings, circles and other shapes found in grassy fields. The scientific journal, Nature,
decided to include in one of its issues a reference and a picture of
the June 17, 1996 DNA double helix field of barley crop formation, with
spiraling spheres of different sizes, found in Alton Barnes, England,
which was 648 feet long.

Double helix crop formation.

Man made circles -
When a man-made crop circle
is found, the grain stalks are broken, the formations are usually
jagged and the formations do not have any symmetry. Because of the
disinformation spread by the media, most people think that all crop
circles have been produced by pranksters with a plank, a garden roller,
ladders, ropes and measuring tools. The disinformation and non-media
coverage of crop circle formations actually protects the farmers and
their harvest from damage caused by researchers and the curious from
trampling their crop circle grains, harvest and lands.

Circle makers - can they make huge designs overnite?

Crop Circle Formation Designs -
the past 25
years, more than 10,000 crop circle formations have been found in more
than 29 countries: England, United States, Canada, Germany, Australia,
The Netherlands, Hungary, Japan, Wales, France, Scotland, Switzerland,
Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Finland, Israel,
Poland, Brazil, Mexico, India, Sweden, Ireland, Yugoslavia, China,
Argentina, Croatia, Denmark, Peru, Romania, Siberia, Slovakia, Spain,
Turkey, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Chile, Egypt, Isle-of-Man, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Sardinia, Tasmania, Ukraine,
Uruguay, etc. Most of the elaborate crop circles found, are found around
England's ancient and sacred site areas (Stonehenge, the earth mound of
Silbury Hill, Avebury, Cheesefoot Head, etc.). Southern England is
where around 90% of the elaborate crop circle formations and designs are
found. A majority of the world's crop circles are within a 40 mile
radius of Stonehenge. The dimensions of most of the early single crop
circles would fit inside the inner horseshoe at Stonehenge. Most crop
circles with single and double rings would fit within the inner and
outer edges of the first ring of stones at Stonehenge.

Crop circle
formations are no longer just circles, they now come in different
shapes, designs and pictograms. All real crop circle formations have
bent unbroken crop stems and interwoven stalks. The most common crop
circle is the single circle, but they also come in sets of two
(doublets), three (triplets) or four (quadruplets) and may be surrounded
by an outer ring or more circles. The stalks in a crop circle are bent
into a swirl pattern, and the swirl patterns spin clockwise or
counterclockwise or may contain two or more layers spinning in different
directions. When there is more than one circle, one circle may spin
clockwise and the other may spin counterclockwise. When looking at a
crop circle from the air, it may appear to spin clockwise, but when
looking at it on the ground the stalks will spin counterclockwise.In the
1980's and 1990's, the circles became more elaborate, producing crop
design patterns called pictograms. In the 1990s, crop circles formations
became complex patterns using intricate geometric designs and developed
exponentially in complexity. Some of the more sophisticated patterns
are based on mathematical equations.

Stonehenge circles

Crop Circle Researcher Colin Andrews -
Crop Circle Researcher Colin Andrews author of the book: "CROP CIRCLES - Signs of Contact" and co-author of the book: "Circular Evidence",
has been researching crop circles for than 20 years and has compiled
the largest database on crop circles. Colin has catalogued hundreds of
authentic and man-made crop circles in his crop research career. The
late philanthropist Laurence Rockefeller began funding Colin Andrews'
research into fake crop circles, back in 1999.

Crop Circle Plant Analysis and Research -
In
the field of Crop Circle Plant Analysis and Research (radioactivity
measurements, spectrographic analysis, magnetometer readings,
microscopic inspection, cellular plant experiments, weighing,
photographing, etc.): High-pressure infrasound is capable of boiling
water inside plant stems in one nanosecond, causing the water to steam,
and leaving tiny blowholes in the plants’ nodes. Research and laboratory
tests prove that infrasound (less than 20 Hz) is capable of producing
such an effect. This process creates surface charring along the stems.
Microwave radiation (high frequency electromagnetic waves) is also
believed to be how the stalks are bent and the plant's nodes are
swollen.

Farmers have reported that when they find a new
crop circle, they have seen steam rising into the air from within the
design. Crop circles also show the possible existence of ultrasound
also. Several people have reported hearing a trilling sound prior to
witnessing crop circles forming. They also report a total stillness in
the air (no wind) and total quiet. This trilling sound was captured on
magnetic tape and analyzed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab as being
mechanical in nature with a frequency of 5.2kHz.

Biophysical
evidence shows the plant's nodes and stems are drastically extended,
seed embryos are altered, and their is the existence of expulsion
cavities, as if they have been heated from the inside. There is also a
reorganization of the plant’s crystalline structure. A malt fragrance
can also be smelled after cutting open a stem from a freshly made crop
circle, which means that the plant has been cooked from the inside, but
the crop remains unharmed.

Exhaustive lab analysis into hundreds
of 1991-1995 crop circles shows physical and biophysical changes to the
plants inside a crop circle. There are also alterations in the
germination, development of seed embryos, and alterations in the plant's
stem node length and circumference (up to 200% increase in one case).
The grains from crop circle plants can grow 40%-50% larger have a
stronger and larger root system with larger grains, than the grains from
the crop surrounding the crop circle. Alternatively, some crop circle
plants produce seeds that are smaller than normal plants. The reason for
the differences in the plants may be water supply available when the
formation was made, the age of the plant when the event occurs or the
type of plant. The internal structure of the plants is altered at the
cellular level. The cell pit walls of the plants are fractured and
expanded. In grain crops, there are nodes close to the ground that help
the plant grow vertically. Crop circle plants have expanded, elongated
or "blown nodes" nodes. The plants with the largest node expansion are
found in the center of a crop circle.

Crop Circle Soil Research -
Researchers
have found distinct changes in crop circle soil temperature,
composition, and crystalline structure in the soil and within the crops
inside the formations. It has been scientifically documented that soil
samples taken from within crop circles, show changes to the soil's
crystalline structure and mineral composition and the soil appears to
have been baked. Analysis concluded that a heat of 1,500°C would be
required to create such a change. Four non-naturally occurring,
short-life radioactive isotopes (vanadium, europium, tellurium and
ytterbium), that dissipate in 3-4 hours, have also been found in the
soil. Soil tests have also shown that alpha emissions are around 200%
above normal, beta emissions are around 50% above normal and the soil is
2 to 3 times as radioactive as the soil outside the crop circle.

Large
quantities of surface and subsurface water (up to millions of gallons
water) in and around a crop circle disappear. Aerial photography, using
infrared film, shows the groundwater under a crop circle is depleted for
several days to a week or more before the water table returns to
normal. The soil within a crop circle formation is generally dry,
cracked and dehydrated, even after heavy rain.

Crop Circle magnetic Fields -
The
Earth's magnetic field (energy grid) is a multi-poled magnet and the
magnetic fields connecting each pole run along what is called ley lines.
The north and south poles are the strongest poles of our multi-poled
planet. There are also secondary poles located all over our planet. The
area around Stonehenge is one of these secondary pole locations. Like
all of our planets ancient sacred sites, crop circles mostly appear at
the intersecting points of the Earth’s magnetic pathways of energy (ley
lines). The size and shape of a crop circle formation depends on the
proximity to the ley lines, magnetic node points and the water available
at that site. Measurements of the earth's magnetic field inside crop
circles, have been recorded with increases up to 120%.

Crop Circle Electromagnetic Effects -
Crop
circles alter the surrounding electromagnetic field. Electromagnetic
measurements (EM) have registered 40 to 50 nano Teslas in the middle of
some crop circles (10 times the normal radiation level). Compasses spin
erratically and can’t locate north, battery powered devices like
watches, cameras and cellular phones malfunction, brand new batteries
are drained in minutes, car batteries have been drained, overhead
helicopter and aircraft equipment are affected, radio frequencies are
different inside the crop formation, farm animals and birds are agitated
and stay away from the crop formation, and with really large crop
circle formations, entire towns have lost power.

Crop Circle Effects on Humans -
The
electromagnetic energy inside a crop circle can also interact with
human and animal brainwave patterns. Because the human and animal body
is electromagnetic in nature, being inside or near a crop circle has
been known to affect people’s biophysical rhythms. Women will also
experience menstruation cycles early. Some people experience heightened
states of awareness and healings in crop circles commonly associated
with sacred sites and holy places. Other people complain about of
headaches and unusual pleasant or unpleasant physical or mental
symptoms. People also experience dizziness, disorientation and nausea.
Prolonged exposure to infra-sound or microwaves (which interact with the
water in the body) produce the same symptoms.

Crop Circle Witnesses -
More
than 80 people have witnessed and reported seeing crop circles forming
in 15-20 seconds. They all describe seeing incandescent or brightly
colored balls of light (orbs) before and after the crop circle is
formed, proving that the orbs of light are involved in crop circle
formations. In some reports, people have seen shafts of light in a field
where the crop is swirled into a geometric shape. When farmers find new
crop circle formations, they usually see steam rising into the air from
within the design.

Conclusion -
It is easy to dismiss all
crop circles as man made and it is my guess that most circles are man
made but there remain some crop circles that appear to be different and
as of yet can not be explained. We should keep an open
mind about crop circles, maybe some day we will be able to explain what
is really making these circles...be it man, something in nature, natural
phenomena, Aliens, Angels or something as of yet to be discovered. So let just
keep on researching this until we find the final answer.

(Not sure where some of this comes from, I've had it a long time, so I can't list any sources or give proper credit. Sorry. If by chance anyone knows the original source please let me know, I would be glad to give proper credit)

Please note that some of this data may be slightly outdated.

Thanks
~Tom~

This
post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the
cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto
Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of
unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild
land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet